Acceleration Sprint — Terms

Plain-language terms for the build service. Version 1.0 · August 2026.

A Sprint is a fixed-price build with a hard end date, delivered inside your own accounts. You end up owning it outright. These terms exist so a fixed price on a build stays safe for both sides.

How a Sprint works

It starts with a free fit check — no payment, no commitment. From that we give you one of three answers:

One unitWe draft your acceptance criteria; you pay $7,000 and book a slot.

Several unitsBigger than one outcome? Re-quoted as the number of units it needs, at the same published price.

Not a fitIf a Sprint is the wrong tool, we say so and why. No charge.

Once you're booked, we build inside your accounts, prove every criterion against your live system, and hand it over. A five-day window follows for you to confirm it does what we agreed.

What one unit is

One outcome, defined as five or fewer acceptance criteria, agreed in writing before any build begins.
Sized to roughly 30–35 build hours, delivered in 2 to 4 weeks.
Built on systems you already own, connecting to at most two of them, using data that already exists and is reachable.
$7,000 per unit. A bigger job is simply more units at the same price — no volume discount, no custom quote.

Access and your systems

We build with scoped, least-privilege access and never take a password — you run any privileged commands yourself. The source lives in your repository from day one. If access stalls, the clock pauses and the end date moves by the delay, at no penalty to either side. The full detail is in our Access Protocol.

Acceptance

The agreed criteria are the definition of done and the definition of paid. At handoff, each ships with its proof against your live system. You get one clarification round and a five-day window to confirm. Anything beyond the agreed criteria is a new unit — stated up front, so it is never a mid-build surprise.

If it isn't a clean fit — refusals, re-quotes, and refunds

Where we stop	What happens
Fit check: not a fit, or not worth building	No charge — the fit check is free
Fit check: it needs more than one unit	Re-quoted at N × published price; you decide before paying anything
Paid, but access can't be granted before build starts	Full refund
Access stalls mid-build	Clock pauses, no penalty either side; we resume when it clears
Built, but a criterion fails its proof	We fix it within the unit until it passes — or refund that unit if it proves un-buildable as scoped
You want more than the agreed five criteria	A new unit — not a refund, and stated up front

After handoff

You walk away with the working capability, all source and configuration in your repo, a runbook, a Recovery Sheet, and proof it passes every criterion. We do not run, host, monitor, or maintain it, and we don't take over systems we didn't build. That is the point of the service: something running, that you own, that keeps working without us — yours to run or switch off.

Payment and capacity

Fees are fixed at $7,000 per unit and paid once the fit check confirms scope. Sprints are capacity-gated — a confirmed fit books a slot rather than starting the clock immediately. We'll tell you the start date when you book.

What we are not

A Sprint is a build, not a managed service or a retainer. We're not your ongoing IT, and we don't provide legal or security certification. Where a build touches regulated or high-risk areas, take the delivered capability to the right professional for review.